Bridle side-cheek attachment.



No. 768,903. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904. D. MGMILLAN. BRIDLE SIDE CHEEKATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION-FILED FEB. 13, 1903.

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PATENT EEIcE.

BRI'DLE SIDE-CHEEK ATTACHMENT..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,903, dated August30, 1904. Application filed February 13, 1903. Serial No. 143,202. (Nomodel.)

Be it known that I, DUNCAN MCMILLAN, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Bridle Side-CheekAttachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is aperspective viewshowing the attachment ready for securing to the sidecheek strap, andFig. 2 is a longitudinal section showing the parts secured in place.

My invention relates to side cheeks for bridles, and is designed togreatly cheapen and simplify the means for attaching to the bridlebit.Heretofore a billet and buckle have been used for this purpose, thisrequiring twoY buckles and two loops in addition to several extra inchesof leather and the sewing on of the buckle and billet. My invention doesaway with a large amount of this material, and it consists in aspring-snap riveted through the cheek-strap.

In the drawings, 2 represents a snap-hook having a flat shank 3, with aspring tsecured to it by means of a short rivet 5, extending through theshank of the spring and the snap. rIhis short rivet holds the spring inposition until the device can be riveted to the leather. The snap isfastened to the cheek-'strap 6 by tubular rivets 7 7, which extendthrough the shanks of the snap and the spring and through the leatherstrap. The inished side of the leather rests against the face of thespring.

The advantages of the invention result from the great simplifying of theconnection and the strength obtained by riveting through the snap,spring, and strap.

I claiml. A snap-hook having a flat-leai-spring closure resting on itsiiat shank, a strap overlying both the spring and snap-shank, tubularrivets extending through the three members and permanently headed, and ashort rivet extending through the snap-shank and the spring;substantially as described.

2. A snap-hook having a iiat shank, a Ilatspring closure 'secureddirectly thereto bya short rivet, a strap overlying the spring andshank, and a pair oi' rivets in line with said short rivet and passingthrough the three members to permanently secure them together;substantially as described.

In testimony whereoi'l I have hereunto set my hand.

DUNCAN MCMILLAN.

vitnesses:

CHAs. R. MILLER, LOUIS B. SPANNEP..

